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Sideboards in Reclaimed & Harvested Zambezi Teak. Click on Images to Enlarge:
Reclaimed African Hardwood Sideboards	Harvested Zambezi Teak Sideboards

Reclaimed African Hardwood Info

The Savanna Wood sideboard is a wonderful piece of furniture. The stunning expanse of exquisite timber that makes up the top is simply breathtaking. Combined with the beautifully made drawers and perfect door fronts it one of our most attractive pieces. Normally used in a dining setting, sideboards are also bought for offices and even very fancy kitchens.

Finest because of its unique properties of extreme hardness and density (just try to pick up a Savanna Wood sideboard and you will see what we mean) and beautiful colour and rich close grain, opulently finished by our expert craftsmen. African hardwoods, and especially the Zambezi Teak used at Savanna Wood, largely as a result of adaptation to the tough environment they grow in, are much denser than other so-called ‘hardwood’ species used to build furniture. This makes the timber very difficult to work with, but virtually indestructible. At Savanna Wood we take great pride and care to build our products to the highest standards, with the best and most effective joinery methods being used for each piece. Thus our products will last many generations if card for.
Valuable because of the rarity of this wonderful resource. At the turn of the last century railroads were built into Central Africa to open up the region to trade and administration. The ‘sleepers’ or ‘ties’ used to build these railways were harvested from a locally available resource, African Hardwoods, and in particular Zambezi Teak. The majority of these timbers have long since been replaced by concrete. However, some still exist on old rail lines or in mines, or were collected by locals when they were lifted to use as fence posts or building material. At Savanna Wood we have teams scouring Central Africa for the wonderful and valuable timbers to manufacture into truly unique Furniture products. However, there are very few timbers left, and they will increase in value exponentially, as will the Savanna Wood furniture made from them!

Harvested Zambezi Teak Info

The timber used to manufacture your masterpiece is probably the finest timber utilised anywhere in the world to make furniture, extremely hard with a fine, close grain and deep, rich natural colour. Zambezi Teak is a very dense, and therefore hard, wood. It is sometimes mistaken for Asian, Indian or Indonesian teak, which is a completely different species. Our Zambezi Teak is very much harder and more difficult to work. However, because it is so hard it is extremely resistant to biological attack and physical ware and tare, and will last, if looked after, for many hundreds of years. Savanna Wood furniture is designed by professionals to give a uniquely attractive product. The style reflects the massive strength and enhances the beautiful grain and coloring of the timber used. None of our products are stained and filled to hide blemishes or poor workmanship.  We prefer the character of a beautiful, honest piece of furniture lovingly and painstakingly fashioned by hand.